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S.T. Saronta GY1082

Technical

Official Number: 139956
Yard Number: 677
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 316
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 135.3 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

27.11.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.677) for The Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as VAMBERY.
25.7.1917: Completed (George S. Letten, manager).
30.7.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1082).
7.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper and later employed as an escort (1-6pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1280). Based Milford Haven.
1920: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
8.1936: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
4.1937: Registered at Grimsby as SARONTA (GY1082).
18.11.1939: In convoy for the Icelandic grounds, Sarpedon (GY984) as Convoy Officer’s ship (Convoy Officer Lieut Reginald H. W. Jackson RNVR) in company with ANDANES (GY923), CONISBORO (GY244), WIGMORE (GY469)(Sk. Walter Bore) and MURMANSK (GY26). At about 11.15pm when 25 miles N by W of Rattray Head in appoximate position 58°01.2N/01°57.5W attacked by U-boat (U.22) and WIGMORE sunk by torpedo. Launched boat at great danger to self to search for survivors but to no avail; all sixteen crew lost.
8.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Hire rate £92.3.4d/month).
12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby.
1.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1849). Based Lowestoft with M/S & Patrol Group 9.
22.4.1942: Sold to Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £8500.
7.1945: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager) for £14000.
11.1945: Surveyed and restored at Glasgow.
12.1945: Returned to owner.
4.2.1947: Sold to Lord Line Ltd, Hull for £8950.
4.2.1947: Registered at Hull (H390).
17.5.1950: Sold to Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (T.W. Boyd, manager)
1952: Laid up.
6.10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston on Tyne for breaking up.
18.10.1952: Arrived Tyne.
1953: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Vamberry GY1082

S.T. Vamberry GY1082
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S.T. Vamberry GY1082

S.T. Vamberry GY1082
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

Changelog
04/01/2008: Page published.3 updates since then.
28/04/2014: Information updated.
13/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Romulus FD128

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 93068
Yard Number: 11
Completed: 1885
Gross Tonnage: 159
Net Tonnage: 76
Length: 109 ft
Breadth: 20.2 ft
Depth: 10.6 ft
Engine: 180ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

24.12.1885: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.11) for Christopher Pickering & Samuel L. Haldane, Hull (managing owners) as ROMULUS.
1.3.1886: Completed.
4.3.1886: Registered at Hull (H1483). Chartered to John Sheriff Ellis, Scarborough and fishing from Scarborough.
1890: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Henry A. L. Russell, manager).
1901: New boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull fitted.
24.5.1906: Re registered (H1483).
22.10.1910: Chartered to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood (managing owner).
24.11.1910: Hull registry closed.
28.11.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD128).
29.1.1911: Arrived Fleetwood and reported that deckhand, Thomas Tate, Kent St, Fleetwood had been lost overboard.
14.3.1911: In collision with steam trawler BELMONT (FD64) in Wyre Channel when outwards for the fishing grounds.
30.3.1911: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood (managing owner).
29.8.1912: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI).
29.10.1916: Sold to Arthur Walker, Aberdeen (managing owner).
20.4.1918: Sold to Nelson Blow (64/64), Grimsby.
25.6.1918: Nelson Blow appointed manager. Based Buncrana, Co. Donegal.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
20.3.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.3.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY146).
19.7.1920: Sold to Frederick Ernest Peters (64/64), Bristol.
25.7.1920: Frederick Ernest Peters appointed manager.
28.7.1920: Grimsby fishing registry closed “now used for cargo”.
30.7.1920: Alteration of tonnage and other particulars following conversion to cargo. Certificate of Survey at Grimsby dated 30.7.1920. Re measured 170.36g 69.78n.
22.12.1920: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Bristol.
1924: Sold to Bristol Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Bristol (Frederick E. Peters, manager). At Bristol converted for sand dredging in Severn Estuary.
1935: Sold to Richard Abel & Sons Ltd, Liverpool (Fred Abel, manager).
7.1939: Sold for breaking up.
1939: Bristol registry closed.

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S.T. Romulus H1483

S.T. Romulus H1483
Picture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection

Sand Dredger Romulus

Sand Dredger Romulus

“ROMULUS at Hill’s Yard, Bristol 19 May 1935. From the Graham Farr Archive courtesy The Friends of Purton (www.friendsofpurton.org.uk)”

Sand Dredger Romulus

Sand Dredger Romulus

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
15/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Regnault H156

Technical

Official Number: 133315
Yard Number: 294
Comleted: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 208
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 115.3 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: J. T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields

History

3.7.1913: Launched by J. T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.294) for R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields as R. IRVIN.
29.7.1913: Registered at North Shields (SN246).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.52). Based Humber.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at North Shields.
1919: Sold to Richard Thomson (Staithes) Ltd, North Shields (Richard Thomson, Staithes, manager).
27.6.1919: North Shields registry closed.
6.1919: Registered at Whitby (WY45).
1919: Registered at Whitby as NORTHERN QUEEN (WY45).
1920: Sold to F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull (Percy Ross, manager).
1.1920: Whitby registry closed.
2.2.1920: Registered at Hull (H156).
2.1920: Registered at Hull as Regnault (H156).
1930: Sold to Sutton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. Arthur R. Sutton designated manager.
1938: Sold to W. J. Cook, Hartlepool.
1938: Sold to Sedgewick Steam Trawling Co Ltd, West Hartlepool (W. J. Cook, manager).
2.11.1939: Insured value increased from £2,000 to £3,000.
30.11.1939: Insured value increased from £3,000 to £3,500.
4.1940: Sold to The Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
1943: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
1943: Landing at Fleetwood from Home and Icelandic grounds.
4.5.1943: Typical landing, Home Waters. 456 kits – hake-248, cod/codling-1, flats-7, ling/coley-153, roker-3, dogs-42, sole & prime-3.
5.1945: Sold to Anglo Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (J. B. Cobley, manager).
5.1945: Hull registry closed.
5.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY46).
1950: Leslie Little appointed manager.
10.1951: Registered at Grimsby as INGANES (GY46).
2.1953: Sold for breaking up.
2.1953: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. Regnault H156

S.T. Regnault H156
Picture courtesy of The Jeffrey Pullen Collection

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
19/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Lucida FD20 (2)

Technical

Official Number: 136895
Yard Number: 266
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 251
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 126.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

25.6.1914: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.266) for Devon Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as LUCIDA.
21.8.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD20). George Clarkson designated manager.
8.1914: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.925).
1916: James Alexander Robertson designated manager.
1917: At Berehaven, Co. Cork as armed trawler.
1.4.1917: With HM Trawler DRAKE II (Ad.No.817) (GY1163) assisted HM Trawler INAWILLIAM (Ad.No.2658) (GY872) towing British steam tanker LUCILINE (3765grt/1899) from Ventry, Co. Kerry to Berehaven (LUCILINE was torpedoed on 13.3.1917 by U-boat (U61) some 40 miles WNW of Tearaght Island, Co. Kerry) . After leaving weather deteriorated and great difficulty was experienced in getting the ship round.
2.4.1917: At 7.00 am arrived Berehaven.
5.12.1918: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
1.12.1925: Alan Marr died.
12.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
1.4.1929: Joseph A. Marr retired to manage Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd.
4.1929: Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
20.1.1931: At Bangor, Sk. T. Rogerson was fined £10 for illegal trawling off the Welsh coast.
11.11.1933: Fishing off Barra arrested by HMS DOON for fishing without lights. Armed guard placed on board and ordered to proceed to Stornoway, but made off with HMS DOON in pursuit.
12.11.1933: Apprehended by HMS DOON off Cumberland coast. Skipper taken onboard and both proceeded to Larne.
13.11.1933: Sailed Larne for Stornoway.
17.11.1933: At the Sheriff Court, Stornoway, Sk. Bertram was found Not Guilty of refusing to comply with instructions given by the Captain of HMS DOON.
10.1934: Sold to George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
20.10.1934: Fleetwood registry closed.
22.10.1934: Registered at Aberdeen (A175). George Robb designated manager.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
11.1.1940: Mined in North Sea; Sk. A. C. Thundercliffe and crew of eleven lost.
16.3.1940: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel sunk by enemy action”.

(Lost – Sk. A. C. Thundercliffe, L. Austin, Albert Brooker, Arthur Brooker, J. Cullen, J. A. Downs, G. Morley, L. Nixon, F. Peacham, J. A. Pinchbeck. H. Whitfield, W. Widdowson.)

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S.T. Lucida FD20

S.T. Lucida FD20
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S.T. Lucida FD20

S.T. Lucida FD20
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S.T. Lucida FD20

S.T. Lucida FD20
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Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 9 updates since then.
03/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/10/2019: Updated information and added an image.
18/04/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Hornet FD168

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 98708
Yard Number: 14
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.14) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HORNET.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H113).
6.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD168).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1914: Re-measured 155g.
26.1.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager) for £1350.
26.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as EVALD (GG588).
30.9.1920: Sold to Rederi A.B. Karin, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1925: Sold to A.B. Mercari, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
21.10.1925: Trawling westward off the Danish coast between the Skaw and Hirtshals, making three knots. At 5.17am in collision head on with the Finnish Mariehamn registered barque PLUS (1256grt/1885) sustaining severe damage to shell plating port side forward, started to take in water and when engine room flooded started to settle. Crew of ten abandoned in ship’s boat and ship foundered; picked up by PLUS.
27.10.1925: Survivors landed at Helsingør, Denmark. Gothenburg registry closed.

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S.T. Hornet H113

S.T. Hornet H113
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Hornet FD168

S.T. Hornet FD168
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Changelog
22/13/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/02/2018: Added an image.
19/10/2023: Added an image.